Whenever I show my landscape images to my friends they say : ‘ Wow! It must be a very beautiful place ! ‘. That expression is almost certain if the image is that of a waterfall. But, less often than not, they ask me ’ Hmm! By the way, how big is the falls? ‘ and I really …
Monsoon Photography Tips : Creating a dreamy image
Monsoon photography in western ghats is not only about exploring the un-seen faces of mother earth during rains or experiencing the leech bites, but also an opportunity to try out something unique and fresh – an opportunity to come back with some memorable images that makes your creations stand out from rest of the crowd. …
Twists and Turns – Isolating landscape compositions in muddle situations
We often encounter cluttered / muddled environment especially in the tropics and at times in temperate ecosystems. Making a good landscape image, isolating the elements in such a scenario is not an easy task. Things get harder if it is your first trip to such a place. I encountered one such scenario recently during one …
Hyperfocal distance calculator
How about something by the photographers for the photographers? In photography, landscape photography in particular, we want the subject to be at optimum and ‘acceptable’ focus. Hyperfocal distance is the closest distance beyond which all the objects would be acceptably sharp if the lens is focused at this distance. In simple mathematics, we can calculate …
Nature photography in monsoon
Monsoon – the word symbolizes freshness! When the initial drizzles transforms into pouring rain, the land of the mountains – Sahyadris too start their transformation. Rainfall brings life to the dried streams and the wetness causes the rocks to have a lovely green layer of moss. The forest gets life all over again and the …
Star trails photography workshop
Landscape Wizards is pleased to announce star trails photography workshop. Date: 12th March 2011 Venue: Jayamangali Blackbuck reserve, Maindanahalli. Limited seats available. Get in touch with us soon. Click on the below image for more details.
Perspective – A Composition Technique
Perspective is one of the most effective ways of adding sense of a distance to any image, apart from the depth and is a strong compositional method. I have tried to portray the tall trees with a cirrus cloud studded sky in the background. As the trees grow into the sky, image width is progressively reduced. There is …
Indispensable CPL!
Filters are indispensable when it comes to Landscape Photography. Whether it is a circular polarizer filter (CPL) or a neutral density filter (ND) or a graduated neutral density filter (GND) or other ones. Each one has their own use on a particular occasion. As explained by Shiva in his article on filters, the CPL is …
Black and White conversion technique | e-book
Thank you all for taking a survey some time back. Landscape wizards team is now presenting the black and white conversion technique in the form of an e-book. Shivakumar L has come up with this e-book that will aid you in converting the color image to black and white with minimal and effective steps. As promised, …
Quest for colours
Ever wondered if your sunrise/sunset images or the images shot during last autumn were not as vibrant as the scene you witnessed? Ever felt that the Saturation adjustment in the image-editing program that you use is not able to give you that extra boost in color? Let’s try a solution that is different from the …
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